Lust For Gold
Norway Brewing Company
- From:
- Norway Brewing Company
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 7.1%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.62 | pDev: 6.35%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 16, 2026
- Added:
- Nov 22, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
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Reviewed by SierraNevallagash from Maine
3.82/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.82/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
This is a can given to me for work - dated 08/29/2019 and stored in an 80F room for over a month. As such, this may have some serious flaws due to poor storage. I'll find a way to incorporate this while also being fair.
Pours a mostly tarnished bronze hue, topped with three fingers of dense, sticky, off-white head with excellent retention. Tenacious lacing left behind. Visible effervescence. Absolutely gorgeous. Think hazy West Coast IPA.
Nose: I detect a hint of stale yeast. Since this can is old and was stored improperly, I will try to look past this. There's a nice caramel malt presence, but there's also some new age honey-like pale malt, lending a touch of lightly toasted biscuit and cracker. The hops have fallen off a bit, so it's hard to tell what they are, but there's some pineapple and the forefront, lots of melon, lychee, white grape, papaya, and some mango. There's some more resinous boiled hop notes underneath.
Palate: Honeyed pale malt and caramel malt greet the palate in a unique sort of hybrid, East meets West Coast style malt base. The hops, though they have seriously degraded, also express elements of both styles. There is some nice resinous boiled hop bitterness (I'm detecting what reminds me of boiled Galaxy), as well as some modern late/dry-hopped elements. I'm nearly certain theres Citra and Mosaic, because it's such an identifiable combo, and you learn to quickly spot it. Green grassiness, over-steeped green tea, melon, tangerine rind, grapefruit pith, and lemon zest, a touch of pineapple, and a faint hint of nectarine. Some boiled hop floral notes come through, before winding down to the finish which is resinous, moderately bitter, and semi-dry.
Mouthfeel/Body: The beer is medium-bodied, with a wonderful crispness about it. It has the flavour of an 8% ABV beer in a 6.5% package. Not watery or thin, but crisp and even a bit light. Hop oils add some additional texture, and spot-on effervescence contributes to crispness.
Overall: I've had so many IPAs, it's rare that I'm ever blown away, and a beer that over 4 months old, kept in an 80F room? No chance. However, beneath the spent yeast and stale hops, I can see the good beer. I'd love to try this fresh. It's drinkable as-is, but I could pour it if I wanted to. I have a feeling this could be quite similar to Todd The Axe Man when fresh. Not as fantastic and refined, of course, but similar.
Jan 05, 2020Pours a mostly tarnished bronze hue, topped with three fingers of dense, sticky, off-white head with excellent retention. Tenacious lacing left behind. Visible effervescence. Absolutely gorgeous. Think hazy West Coast IPA.
Nose: I detect a hint of stale yeast. Since this can is old and was stored improperly, I will try to look past this. There's a nice caramel malt presence, but there's also some new age honey-like pale malt, lending a touch of lightly toasted biscuit and cracker. The hops have fallen off a bit, so it's hard to tell what they are, but there's some pineapple and the forefront, lots of melon, lychee, white grape, papaya, and some mango. There's some more resinous boiled hop notes underneath.
Palate: Honeyed pale malt and caramel malt greet the palate in a unique sort of hybrid, East meets West Coast style malt base. The hops, though they have seriously degraded, also express elements of both styles. There is some nice resinous boiled hop bitterness (I'm detecting what reminds me of boiled Galaxy), as well as some modern late/dry-hopped elements. I'm nearly certain theres Citra and Mosaic, because it's such an identifiable combo, and you learn to quickly spot it. Green grassiness, over-steeped green tea, melon, tangerine rind, grapefruit pith, and lemon zest, a touch of pineapple, and a faint hint of nectarine. Some boiled hop floral notes come through, before winding down to the finish which is resinous, moderately bitter, and semi-dry.
Mouthfeel/Body: The beer is medium-bodied, with a wonderful crispness about it. It has the flavour of an 8% ABV beer in a 6.5% package. Not watery or thin, but crisp and even a bit light. Hop oils add some additional texture, and spot-on effervescence contributes to crispness.
Overall: I've had so many IPAs, it's rare that I'm ever blown away, and a beer that over 4 months old, kept in an 80F room? No chance. However, beneath the spent yeast and stale hops, I can see the good beer. I'd love to try this fresh. It's drinkable as-is, but I could pour it if I wanted to. I have a feeling this could be quite similar to Todd The Axe Man when fresh. Not as fantastic and refined, of course, but similar.
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